Word: rashly
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...clock is ticking on both the union negotiations and the school year. We hope that Harvard will issue a clear public statement about its commitment to fairness for the AlliedBarton workers, which would reaffirm the importance of worker welfore on campus, and end Stand For Security’s rash hunger strike...
...violinists, and New York Times editorial columnists, oh my! The party then moved back to Dunster, where the eccentric alums got to try their hands at wooing the hot young undergrads...Matherites, in addition to threatening to secede from the College or whatever they proposed, seem to have bought rash-inducing soap for Mather Lather once again. Perhaps the UC was (gasp) right for once when they refused to put dolla billz into these irresponsible confederate hands...
...clean energy investment will only be sustained if the price of oil remains high. Cellulosic ethanol, produced from trees and shrubs, promises energy yield ratios of 16, but requires extensive research into cheaper enzymes. A full-scale carbon tax would help, but hawks reject such action as quite rash. At most, they might support a gasoline tax as a way of weaning America off Saudi crude...
...Making things more difficult, there has been a rash of recent high-profile lawsuits involving students who were summarily booted off campus after they were deemed at risk of suicide. Last August, New York City's Hunter College agreed to pay $65,000 to settle such a case. In the wake of these suits, the Governor of Virginia signed a bill last month that prohibits state colleges from penalizing or expelling students "solely" for attempting suicide or seeking mental-health treatment for suicidal thoughts. The law's primary goal is to encourage kids to get help, and it also requires...
...random killings, however, like the still-unsolved January murder of filmmaker Helen Hill, that have spurred ordinary citizens to take up arms. Hill was the apparent victim of an early morning intruder at her home near the French Quarter; her killing, and a rash of other murders, prompted an emotionally charged march on City Hall that month...